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McAndrews, Lawrence J.

What they wished for : American Catholics and American presidents, 1960-2004 / Lawrence J. McAndrews. - Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2014. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-483) and index.

Catholics and John Kennedy (1961-1963) -- Catholics and Lyndon Johnson (1963-1969) -- Catholics and Richard Nixon (1969-1974) -- Catholics and Gerald Ford (1974-1977) -- Catholics and Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) -- Catholics and Ronald Regan (1981-1989) -- Catholics and George H.W. Bush (1989-1993) -- Catholics and Bill Clinton (1993-2001) -- Catholics and George W. Bush (2001-2004).

As a religious bloc, Roman Catholics constitute the most populous religious denomination in the United States, comprising one in four Americans. With the election of John F. Kennedy as president in 1960, they attained a political prominence to match their rapidly ascending socioeconomic and cultural profile. From Vietnam to Iraq, the civil rights movement to federal funding for faith-based initiatives, and from birth control to abortion, American Catholics have won at least as often as they have lost. What They Wished For by Lawrence J. McAndrews traces the role of American Catholics in presid.


English.

ISBN: 9780820347110 0820347116 130657143X 9781306571432 0820353868 9780820353869

Source: 22573/ctt175trbj JSTOR

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Catholics--History.--United States
Presidents--History.--United States
Catholiques--Histoire.--États-Unis
Présidents--Histoire.--États-Unis
RELIGION--Christianity--Catholic.
HISTORY--United States--20th Century.
Catholics
Presidents

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History

LC Class. No.: BX1406.2 / .M33 2014eb

Dewey Class. No.: 282.73